Table 1. Post-stroke depression (PSD) and baseline demographic and clinical characteristics by race/ethnicity.

	Non-Hispanic White		Non-Hispanic Black		Hispanic
	N	%	N	%	N	%	P
Early PSDa							.05
No/mild	71	39.0	46	36.8	166	50.6
Subthreshold	42	23.1	33	26.4	71	21.7
Full	69	37.9	46	36.8	91	27.7
Late PSDa							.42
No/mild	66	51.6	43	45.7	126	51.6
Subthreshold	34	26.6	24	25.5	45	18.4
Full	28	21.9	27	28.7	73	29.9
Age, years							<.01
Less than 55	87	28.5	49	23.6	154	25.5
55-64	49	16.1	52	25.0	164	27.2
65-74	76	24.9	55	26.4	147	24.4
75 or older	93	30.5	52	25.0	138	22.9
Sex							.02
Female	134	43.9	119	57.2	306	50.8
Male	171	56.1	89	42.8	297	49.3
Educational attainment							<.01
Less than high school	21	7.0	61	29.5	400	66.8
High school or greater	281	93.1	146	70.5	199	33.2
Household composition							<.01
Lives alone	86	28.2	91	43.8	106	17.6
Lives with one non-spouse	39	12.8	44	21.2	169	28.0
Lives with spouse only	105	34.4	27	13.0	104	17.3
Lives with more than one person	75	24.6	46	22.1	224	37.2
Baseline PSD							<.01
No/mild	79	31.6	57	33.3	250	47.0
Subthreshold	74	29.6	44	25.7	116	21.8
Full	97	38.8	70	40.9	166	31.2
Stroke knowledge score							<.01
Low	150	49.5	130	63.1	480	80.3
High	153	50.5	76	36.9	118	19.7
Some fated to have strokes							<.01
Agree	101	35.7	69	35.0	260	43.8
Disagree	160	56.5	111	56.4	250	42.2
No opinion	22	7.8	17	8.63	83	14.0
NIHSS score, mean (SD)	3.2	(4.0)	4.1	(4.5)	2.8	(3.3)	<.01
Experienced another stroke between baseline and one-month follow up							.86
No	287	94.1	197	94.7	573	95.0
Yes	18	5.9	11	5.3	30	5.0
Experienced another stroke between baseline and 12-month follow up							.70
No	284	93.1	195	93.8	570	94.5
Yes	21	6.9	13	6.3	33	5.5

SD, standard deviation; NIHSS,National Institutes of Health Stroke Severity.

a. Early PSD assessed at one-month, late PSD at 12-month follow up.